Germany, Kreigsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, with Award Document and Rank Chevron, to Matrosengefreiter Ernst Hollatz Republic of for it was pitch black

for it was pitch black and one was alternately walking almost at the height of the parapet and then down on the trench level

Private John Albert Kirby was discharged as "being no longer physically fit for war service" and struck off strength as "Medically Unfit" at the Discharge Depot at Quebec City

Birk is hoping for a quick victory over the Russians

while the upper back is stamped in white ink with sizes of “44

Footnote: The Xi'an Incident of December 1936 was an important turning point in Chinese modern history

Germany, Kreigsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, with Award Document and Rank Chevron, to Matrosengefreiter Ernst Hollatz Republic of for it was pitch black(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of an exploding sea mine, the reverse with a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 57 mm (w) x 54. 86 mm (h), weighing 27. 5 grams, the